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Trabant 601

Car Sedan

3 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Trabant 601 on record.

Netherlands
1960–1994
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2007–2017
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands Switzerland Ukraine

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

3 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/trabant/601/full

Registration history

1960: 3 vehicles 1961: 6 vehicles 1962: 5 vehicles 1963: 6 vehicles 1964: 16 vehicles 1965: 21 vehicles 1966: 12 vehicles 1967: 19 vehicles 1968: 26 vehicles 1969: 24 vehicles 1970: 36 vehicles 36 1971: 22 vehicles 1972: 30 vehicles 1973: 35 vehicles 1974: 6 vehicles 1975: 4 vehicles 1976: 4 vehicles 1977: 2 vehicles 1978: 2 vehicles 1979: 1 vehicle 1980: 4 vehicles 1981: 2 vehicles 1982: 2 vehicles 1983: 4 vehicles 1984: 5 vehicles 1985: 4 vehicles 1986: 6 vehicles 1987: 8 vehicles 1988: 6 vehicles 1989: 9 vehicles 1990: 5 vehicles 1994: 1 vehicle 1960 1994
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2007: 1 vehicle 1 2015: 1 vehicle 2017: 1 vehicle 2007 2017
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1960 3
1961 6
1962 5
1963 6
1964 16
1965 21
1966 12
1967 19
1968 26
1969 24
1970 36
1971 22
1972 30
1973 35
1974 6
1975 4
1976 4
1977 2
1978 2
1979 1
1980 4
1981 2
1982 2
1983 4
1984 5
1985 4
1986 6
1987 8
1988 6
1989 9
1990 5
1994 1
Finland
2007 1
2015 1
2017 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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The Trabant 601 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "car/trabant/601",
  "name": "601",
  "make": {
    "id": "trabant",
    "name": "Trabant"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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